WAN Contracts with Work from Home Options

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 199 150 218
Rank change year-on-year -49 +68 +1
Contract jobs citing WAN 153 415 552
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.01% 1.65% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.80% 14.34% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 270 371
10th Percentile £313 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +7.65%
75th Percentile £688 £619 £572
90th Percentile £750 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 19
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.50 £21.25
25th Percentile £13.81 £40.50 £25.88
Median hourly rate £16.50 £60.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.50% +39.53% +72.00%
75th Percentile £24.00 £80.25 £60.93
90th Percentile £24.75 £81.00 £66.30
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £61.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -59.84% +134.62% +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,561 2,895 4,322
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.34% 11.52% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,922 2,924
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £26.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +13.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.63 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

WAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN.

WAN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WAN over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

WAN daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN.

WAN hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.96%) IIS
3 2 (1.31%) Confluence
3 2 (1.31%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.65%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 28 (18.30%) Azure
2 17 (11.11%) AWS
3 8 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.58%) GCP
5 3 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.96%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.96%) IaaS
5 3 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.31%) GitHub
6 2 (1.31%) PaaS
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.65%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.65%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.65%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.65%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.65%) Route 53
7 1 (0.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 100 (65.36%) LAN
2 52 (33.99%) SD-WAN
3 49 (32.03%) Firewall
4 32 (20.92%) VPN
4 32 (20.92%) Wireless
5 29 (18.95%) BGP
6 27 (17.65%) MPLS
7 25 (16.34%) OSPF
8 24 (15.69%) Network Security
9 20 (13.07%) Cisco ASA
10 19 (12.42%) Wi-Fi
10 19 (12.42%) WLAN
11 14 (9.15%) Cisco Nexus
11 14 (9.15%) VoIP
12 11 (7.19%) Cisco ISE
12 11 (7.19%) DNS
13 10 (6.54%) Internet
13 10 (6.54%) TCP/IP
14 9 (5.88%) DHCP
14 9 (5.88%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.27%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.61%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.31%) JIRA
4 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
General
1 41 (26.80%) Social Skills
2 24 (15.69%) Finance
3 21 (13.73%) Telecoms
4 19 (12.42%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.27%) Banking
8 4 (2.61%) Aeronautics
8 4 (2.61%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Automotive
9 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Electronics
9 1 (0.65%) Legal
9 1 (0.65%) Local Government
9 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.65%) Military
9 1 (0.65%) Retail
9 1 (0.65%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 52 (33.99%) Architect
2 39 (25.49%) Network Engineer
3 24 (15.69%) Network Architect
4 18 (11.76%) Senior
5 14 (9.15%) Technical Architect
6 9 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (4.58%) Consultant
7 7 (4.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (4.58%) Lead
7 7 (4.58%) Senior Architect
7 7 (4.58%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (3.92%) Project Manager
8 6 (3.92%) Voice Architect
9 5 (3.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 5 (3.27%) Azure Architect
9 5 (3.27%) Cisco Engineer
9 5 (3.27%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 5 (3.27%) Cloud Architect
9 5 (3.27%) Infrastructure Architect
9 5 (3.27%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.27%) Middleware
2 4 (2.61%) LDAP
2 4 (2.61%) Web Services
3 3 (1.96%) EDI
4 2 (1.31%) JSON
5 1 (0.65%) .NET
5 1 (0.65%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.69%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.23%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.92%) PKI
3 6 (3.92%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (3.27%) NHS
4 5 (3.27%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.96%) CCTV
5 3 (1.96%) Clustering
5 3 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.96%) SCADA
6 2 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.31%) IoT
7 1 (0.65%) BYOD
7 1 (0.65%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.65%) FMCG
7 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.65%) IVR
7 1 (0.65%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (14.38%) Windows
2 14 (9.15%) Windows Server
3 11 (7.19%) Linux
4 2 (1.31%) CentOS
4 2 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.31%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (10.46%) Change Management
3 15 (9.80%) Agile
3 15 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (8.50%) Migration
4 13 (8.50%) Roadmaps
5 12 (7.84%) Enterprise Architecture
5 12 (7.84%) Load Balancing
5 12 (7.84%) Network Architecture
6 11 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (7.19%) ITIL
7 10 (6.54%) IT Strategy
7 10 (6.54%) Project Management
8 9 (5.88%) Analytics
8 9 (5.88%) ArchiMate
8 9 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
8 9 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
9 8 (5.23%) Customer Requirements
9 8 (5.23%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.54%) Python
2 7 (4.58%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.61%) Bash
4 2 (1.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (32.68%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (28.76%) CCNP
3 31 (20.26%) Security Cleared
4 28 (18.30%) SC Cleared
5 17 (11.11%) CCNA
6 16 (10.46%) CCIE
7 12 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (5.88%) Degree
9 8 (5.23%) BC Cleared
9 8 (5.23%) JNCIA
10 6 (3.92%) CCDP
11 4 (2.61%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.61%) HND
11 4 (2.61%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.96%) CCIE Data Center
12 3 (1.96%) CCIP
12 3 (1.96%) CCSA
12 3 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.15%) QA
1 14 (9.15%) SLA
2 5 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.27%) NCSC
3 2 (1.31%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.65%) COBIT
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.65%) GDPR
4 1 (0.65%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.65%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.65%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.65%) NIST
4 1 (0.65%) RMADS
System Software
1 18 (11.76%) Active Directory
1 18 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.54%) VMware NSX
3 6 (3.92%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (3.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.96%) Firmware
6 2 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.31%) vSphere
6 2 (1.31%) XenApp
7 1 (0.65%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.65%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 14 (9.15%) FortiGate
2 7 (4.58%) Ansible
2 7 (4.58%) Terraform
3 5 (3.27%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.96%) Kibana
4 3 (1.96%) Nessus
4 3 (1.96%) SCCM
4 3 (1.96%) TrustSec
5 2 (1.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (1.31%) Grafana
5 2 (1.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (1.31%) VxRail
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.65%) Puppet
6 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.65%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 93 (60.78%) Cisco
2 35 (22.88%) Palo Alto
3 27 (17.65%) VMware
4 26 (16.99%) Microsoft
5 20 (13.07%) F5
5 20 (13.07%) Juniper
6 17 (11.11%) Fortinet
7 10 (6.54%) CheckPoint
8 9 (5.88%) Aruba
9 8 (5.23%) Splunk
10 7 (4.58%) Citrix
10 7 (4.58%) Nokia
10 7 (4.58%) Zscaler
11 6 (3.92%) Infoblox
11 6 (3.92%) Meraki
12 5 (3.27%) Databricks
12 5 (3.27%) Genesys
12 5 (3.27%) Google
12 5 (3.27%) HP
12 5 (3.27%) SolarWinds